Samsung Techwin America Awards High School Scholarships

RIDGEFIELD, NJ--Samsung Techwin America’s Electronic Imaging Division announced the seven high school students who each earned $1,000 scholarships. “We are extremely impressed with the persuasively crafted essays filled with originality and infused with the indomitable spirit that is indicative of our youth,” said Richard Bellomy, V.P. of Sales for the Electronic Imaging Division. “I would like to congratulate the seven winners and thank everyone who participated.”

Students were asked to submit up to a 300 word essay answering the question “Is technology a good investment for schools? Why or why not?” The papers were judged on original thinking, relevance to the real world, and writing quality. Here are the seven winners with some of their thoughts.

“Whether as a teaching aid, a method to expedite research, or as a vehicle to provide real time visual interface to facilitate learning between peoples and cultures a continent apart, the role and subsequent investment in technology is critical to learning.”

“Technology enriches students' lives and opens a vast new world for them to learn. Education is an investment in the future, and a school's investment in technology is the down payment for that future.”

“…schools should make investments in technology. But we must be careful in society not to teach schoolchildren to excessively rely on a merely artificial mind. Rather, we must use our own minds sufficiently.”